It isn’t always easy to get citizens involved in a municipality’s budget process, but the city Elgin is trying hard to make it easier and…
Voters will have the opportunity to decide in the November 2020 General Election whether to move forward with a constitutional amendment to approve the state’s…
Gov. Bruce Rauner today (Monday, June 4, 2018) signed into law a $38.5 billion bipartisan compromise budget. According to the governor’s office, the budget “holds…
The city of St. Charles will consider instituting a gasoline tax as part of its Fiscal Year 2018/19 budget. The proposed city of St. Charles…
The Kane County Board on Tuesday passed a fiscal year 2018 budget that includes a 3.64 percent cut across the board for departments and elected…
Kane County train commuters could be seeing more fare increases and some cutbacks of service as Metra grapples with funding for its 2018 operating budget….
Kane County is considering a moratorium on hiring in order to support an estimated $1.7 million shortfall in the General Fund. According to a report…
School chiefs from Kane County and across the state will convene Wednesday (May 31, 2017) — the date of the state legislature’s slated adjournment —…
The Government Finance Officers Association has presented a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to Kane County for its annual budget for the fiscal year beginning Dec….
Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles that looks at some of the issues brought up in the Legislative Breakfast held…
